Global Positioning System

How Location-Sharing Apps Like Find My Friends Came to Represent Affection

To a generation who grew up alongside the internet, location-sharing feels less like a privacy threat and more like an expression of affection.

By Jessica Roy

Boulder (Colo) France Global Positioning System International Bureau of Weights and Measures International Telecommunication Union National Institute of Standards and Technology Navigation Physics Space and Astronomy Telephones and Telecommunications Time Tucson (Ariz) Vatican Observatory Weights and Measures

It’s Official: The Leap Second Will Be Retired (a Decade from Now)

On Friday, an international vote was taken to ditch the leap second, a technical fudge that has caused headaches since its inception 50 years ago.

By Alanna Mitchell

Daylight Saving Time Earth Global Positioning System International Bureau of Weights and Measures Leap Year National Institute of Standards and Technology Navigation Telephones and Telecommunications Time Watches and Clocks Weights and Measures

Is Time Running Out for the Leap Second?

To the world’s timekeepers, the leap second is a kludge, a bane, a pain in the little hand. Now they’re proposing to ditch it. Will our days ever be the same?

By Alanna Mitchell

mosaec